Adjustable baby bonnet



Jan. 6, 1953 A ED I 2,624,052

\v ADJUSTABLE BABY BONNET Filed Nov. 4, 1949 INVENTOR. Lorraine a. RedhnPatented Jan. 6, 1953 ADJUSTABLE BABY BONNET Lorraine A. Redlin,

half to Betty Michals,

Chicago, 111., assignor of one- Winnctka, 111.

Application November 4, 1949, Serial No. 125,610

2 Claims.

The invention relates to improvements in adjustable baby bonnets and ismore particularly concerned with a bonnet having common means to adjustthe neck portion, face opening and crown.

Baby bonnets constructed in the conventional manner are quickly outgrownand must be discarded long before the expiration of their useful life.It is, therefore, an object of the present invention to provide a babybonnet which is easily and quickly adjusted to a wide range of headsizes and in such a manner as not to detract from its appearance.

Another object is to provide an adjustable baby bonnet with novel singlemeans to effect adjustment of the neck portion, face opening and crown.

Another object is to provide a novelly constructed, adjustable babybonnet that is not eX- pensive to manufacture but is easy to adjust andvery pleasing in appearance.

Other objects of the invention will appear from the followingdescription and accompanying drawing and will be pointed out in theannexed claims.

In the accompanying drawing there has been disclosed a structuredesigned to carry out the various objects of the invention, but it is tobe understood that the invention is not confined to the exact featuresshown as various changes may be made within the scope of the claimswhich follow.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a front perspective view of a baby bonnet, embodying thefeatures of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a rear perspective view of the bonnet.

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view of the honnet, taken substantiallyin the plane of line 33 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a transverse taken substantially on line Fig. 5 is a sectionaldetail view, stantially on line 5-5 of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, the bonnet includes a crown H, a neck portionindicated at i2, and a visor l3 integral with the crown and surroundingthe face opening. The bonnet is fabricated from two thicknesses ofmaterial defining an outer layer l4 and a lining l5 suitably securedtogether by stitching. A drawtape passage !6 is provided at the junctureof the visor it with the crown H and it extends around the back of thebonnet along the margin of the neck portion l2, as best shown in Fig. 3.This drawdetail sectional view,

4-4 of Fi 1.

taken subtape passage preferably is defined in part by two parallel rowsof stitches l1 extending along the face opening of the bonnet,'whichrows of stitches terminate in alignment with the top and bottom edges ofa hem i8 and coextensive with the marginal edge of the neck portion i2.As shown in Fig. 2, the hem 18 in the neck portion is suitably slit, asat 19, to provide an entrance opening for a purpose to be describedpresently.

The front center portion of the crown is provided with parallel drawtapepassages generally indicated at 20, which passages extend downwardlyfrom substantially the upper center of the crown at the front thereofand merge with the drawtape passage 16 adjacent the visor i3. Uponreference to Fig. 1, it will be noted that the drawtape passage I6 isnot continuous across the front of the bonnet but instead is interruptedand each end merges with one of the parallel drawtape passages 20. Thedrawtape passages 20 are, like the passage l6, formed by stitchingparallel rows of stitches 21 through the outer material M and lining I5.Thus, two distinct drawtape passages are provided; each consisting of apassage 20 and connecting portions of passage [6 and hem it.

A pair of drawtapes 22 is threaded in the drawtape passages l6 and 20and in the hem l8. The drawtapes preferably are inserted through the hemopening [9 with one extending in either direction through the margin hem[8, through the connecting passage l6, and upwardly through therespective drawtape passageway 26. The ends of the drawtapes terminatingat the upper ends of the drawtape passages 20 are firmly secured at saidpassageway ends preferably as by means of stitches 23.

It should be quite apparent that when the extending ends of thedrawtapes 22 are pulled the neck perimeter of the bonnet and the marginsurrounding the face opening are shirred in proportion to the extent ofthe pulling. At the same time, the front area of the crown is likewiseshirred to reduce the overall size thereof. This shirring of the crownand of the bonnet perimeter adjusts said bonnet to various head sizesand, when so adjusted, the extending ends of the drawtapes may be tiedinto a bow or otherwise secured together. If desired, tapes 24 may beattached, as by stitching, to the base of the crown rearwardly of eachend of the visor I3 for tying beneath the chin of the wearer to hold thebonnet in place.

Although an exemplary form of the invention has been shown in thedrawing and described in the foregoing specification, it should beunderstood that the invention is capable of embodying a variety ofmodifications in structure and may be embodied in bonnets constructedother than as illustrated without departing from the spirit of theinvention or the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. In a bonnet having a crown and visor, a pair of drawtape passa'gesextending from the top of said cro'wn"downwardly in substantiallyparallel relation to each other and to adjacent points located at thejuncture of said visor and crown adjacent the front edge thereof andthence along the edge of said crown in opposite directions to terminatein an opening in the back of the crown, and a drawtape in each passage,each secured at one end at the top end of its respective passage andhaving its other end extend through the opening for tying.

2. In a bonnet having a crown the lower orouter edge thereof defining aface opening and a neck portion, and a visor connected to the crown andsurrounding the face opening, a pair of substantially parallel drawtapecrownpassages extending downwardly from adjacent the top of the crown tosubstantially the juncture of the crown with the visor, midway betweenjuncture one in communication with each crown passage, said juncturepassages extending in opposite directions along said juncture andterminating in a drawtape passage in the neck portion, said neck portionpassage having an opening therein so as to define two series of passageseach including a part of the neck portion passage, a juncture drawtapepassage and a crown passage, and'a drawtapein each series of passages,each secured at one end to the crown of the bonnet and emerging throughthe opening of the neck portion passage.

LORRAINE A. REDLIN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

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